Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F+M9F Augmented-major 9th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 4 · 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · A · C

How to play it

F+M9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

F Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 5 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 14th position (17 14 14 14 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 14th position (17 14 14 17 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 17 17 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 17 19 17) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

F+M9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

F Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 2 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 5 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 7 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 14th position (17 14 14 14 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 14th position (17 14 14 17 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 17 17 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

F Augmented-major 9th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 17 19 17) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How F+M9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

shimmeringotherworldly

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5

Same notes asFM9♯5 F+M7(add9)

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